National Competition

22nd AHS, Inc. National Competition (2017)

The American Harp Society, Inc. 22nd American Harp Society, Inc. National Competition was held June 25 -28, 2017, at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. The 2019 Competition will be held at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC, in June, 2019. Additional information will be available on this page in the coming months. The competition is open to harpists up to the age of 30 who are national members of the American Harp Society, Inc. and who are United States citizens or who are citizens of the Americas.

Finalists will be chosen by a recorded preliminary round and will be notified 30 days prior to the start of the competition. Application Forms and video file upload will be available online.

Finalists will compete in person.

Repertoire, deadlines and downloadable Guidelines for Making and Submitting Digital Video (DV) Recordings will be posted here when available.

Guidelines for Making and Submitting Digital Video (DV) Recordings

You will be prompted to fill out an application form and upload DV files through the competition application software.

Making and Submitting Your Video:

The DV recordings may be made on either home or studio equipment. Audio should be of a good enough quality to be representative of your playing. Video file formats may be MPEG, MPG, MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, M4V, or VOB.

Video yourself performing the entire required repertoire for the division that you are entering. All repeats are optional.

All pieces are to be played straight through with no edits in the recording. You may stop recording between pieces and between movements of a musical work. You may not stop recording between movements of a “Theme and Variation” style work.

Pieces must be performed from memory.

Do not speak during the video.

After you have recorded yourself, register and upload the DV by clicking the link on the American Harp Society website which will be posted here.

Please note that you must be a member of the American Harp Society, Inc. in order to gain access to the registration site. If you are not a member, please pay your National Dues immediately so that you may have access to the link in time to register for the competition.

Please remember to leave plenty of time for your video to upload as the files might be large and will take time.

There will be monetary awards for winners in all divisions of the competition.

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL DIVISION

1st PRIZE

$2,500

In addition, the 1st Prize winner will be awarded AHS Concert Artist status